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Fresh Tofu, Right Off the Farm

January 11th, 2012 4 Comments

This sounds more serious than it actually is, but I just ran out of tofu. For years I’ve bought the stuff, meaning to incorporate it into our eating lifestyle, and I have: we’ve eaten chocolate tofu pudding (silken tofu pulverized in a blender with sugar and cocoa); tofu scrambled eggs (soft tofu mashed with spices [...]

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The Issue of Choice

October 21st, 2011 4 Comments

A teacher friend of ours raised his children with the concept of choices, as in, “That was a bad choice, son.” “Do you think that was a good choice?” “What were you thinking when you made that choice?” He always sounded so patient, but I’m sure that, when outsiders weren’t around, the questions may have sounded [...]

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Jiminy Crock Pot! Hot Food for Dinner!

July 28th, 2011 No Comments

This last month I discovered the existence of the crock pot. No, not crack pots. Very funny. I’m talking about the slow cooker, which, theoretically one fills with goodies at the beginning of the day, plugs in, and walks away while the veggies and the meatsies burble away until evening, when one wanders back in, [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘cook’

Fresh Tofu, Right Off the Farm

The Issue of Choice

Jiminy Crock Pot! Hot Food for Dinner!

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